Shut up about Barclay Perkins - Barclay Perkins output 1900 - 1955

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Just numbers this time. Almost. Something else I've stumbled upon in the archives. The output figures for Barclay Perkins in the 20th century. They make intriguing reading.

Let's take a look at them, shall we?

First, in table form:


Barclay Perkins output (barrels (1900-1955)
Year
output
Year
output
Year
output
Year
output
1900

589,201

1914

582,263

1928

306,300

1942

351,138

1901

573,302

1915

511,870

1929

300,569

1943

360,123

1902

541,822

1916

438,242

1930

394,016

1944

416,336

1903

539,153

1917

426,170

1931

395,779

1945

456,597

1904

534,284

1918

247,089

1932

353,736

1946

485,431

1905

549,634

1919

325,965

1933

312,739

1947

419,310

1906

560,103

1920

464,033

1934

348,267

1948

455,773

1907

555,370

1921

393,045

1935

356,832

1949

367,691

1908

527,716

1922

348,576

1936

378,084

1950

325,382

1909

525,854

1923

293,728

1937

386,700

1951

277,899

1910

500,205

1924

303,676

1938

406,310

1952

262,405

1911

549,841

1925

329,464

1939

404,777

1953

247,891

1912

589,543

1926

317,628

1940

388,114

1954

236,166

1913

587,547

1927

306,682

1941

302,647

1955

228,343

Sources:
ACC/2305/1/711/1 in the London Metropolitan Archives
The British Brewing Industry, 1830-1980 T. R. Gourvish & R.G. Wilson, pages 610-611

Now in a graph:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CHrKKDU929..._1900_1955.JPG

That's it. Except to point out that, with the postwar slump in their sales, it's no wonder Barcly perkins sold out to Courage in 1955. And to say that the ups and downs pretty much track the general state of the British brewing industry in the first half of the 20th century.https://blogger.googleusercontent.co...s.blogspot.com


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